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Patented May l6 I899.

W. l. GODDIN. NECK TIE HOLDER.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I. GOODIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

NECKTIE- HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent .No. 625,160, dated May 16, 1899.. Application filed April 4, I898. Serial No. 676,364. (No model.)

To all whom, it mag concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. GOODIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention comprises a light, simple,-and convenient holder which is capable of ready application to an ordinary neckband-button before a detachable collar is fastened thereto, and then the upper edge of the necktie is engaged under a hooked portion or clasp of said holder, thereby preventing said tie Working up and becoming exposed above a coat-collar, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my necktie-holder. Fig. 2 is a similar elevation, but showing said holder suspended from a neckband-button. Fig. 3 is a similar View, but showing a collar engaged with said button and the hooked portion of the holder turned up behind said collar. Fig. 4 is another rear elevation, but showing a necktie engaged under said hook or clasp.

A represents a small thin metallic plate, of any suitable size and shape, and B is a perforation in said plate, which hole permits the passage through it of the head of an ordinary neckband-button. Adapted to swing freely from the loop a of this plate is a wire C, so bent as to form a hook or clasp, which nor-- mally hangs down from said plate and in a plane somewhat in front of it.

D in Fig. 2 is the rear portion of a neckband and E is an ordinary button wherewith the ends of said band are fastened together in the usual manner.

F in Fig. 3 is the rear portion of a detachable shirt-collar, and G is a hole in said collar for engagement-with the button E.

H in Fig. 4 is the rear portion ofany kind of a necktie.

From the above description it is evident the plate A is first suspended from the button E and then the collar F is engaged with said button. After this act hook C is swung up behind the collar, and the necktie H be ing then engaged under said hook or clasp it is evident said tie cannot work up and be exposed over a coat-collar. Again, as the holder consists of a thin flat plate with a light wire coupled to it, there is no material projection to rub against the back of the wearers neck, neither is there any danger of the device inj uring the shirt-band, collar, or tie. Finally,

as the clasp proper, O; is a single piece of wire whose ends are bent and securely housed within the coupling-roll a at the lower edge of the perforated plate A B, it is evident the holder is entirely free from hooks, points, or projections of any kind to engage with a necktie.

WILLIAM I. GOODIN.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. LAYMAN, EARLE R. PASSEL. 

